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UNITED' STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

HAT AND COAT RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,532,

daed July 9, 1889.

Application filed February 23, 1889. Serial No. 300,915. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. OWEN and JOHN R. ROBERTS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning andState of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat and CoatRacks, of which the following is a specication.

Our invention relates to improvements in hat and coat racks; and itconsists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a hatand coat rack embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of thesame with the base-plate in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe device, showing it folded.

In constructing hat and coat racks in accordance with our invention weemploy a base-plate A, which may be of any suitable material and of anydesired dimensions, and is provided with suitable transverse openings B,through which the securing-screws C are passed to fasten the device toafixed support. Nearits ends the baseplate is provided with verticalopenings or passages D, through which the wire rod forming the hat andcoat support is inserted. The hat and coat support E is formed of asuitable metallic rod or stout wire in serted vertically th ro ugh theopenings D in the baseplate, and is bent forward above and below thesaid base-plate, providing the horizontal arms F G. lower arm G isprovided with a knob H, on which the coat is hung, while the upper armF, is bent upward at its end, forming the standard or support I, whichis provided with a knob J at its upper end, on which the hat is placed.That portion of the wire which Thei passes through the opening D in theend of the base-plate is given a slight bend, so that it will exert afriction against the side of the opening and thereby hold the support atany desired angle to which 'it may be turned.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we have provided avery cheap and simple hat-rack, which can be secured to any fixedsupport. When it isvdesired to transport large numbers of the racks, thehat and coat supports are folded over toward each other, as shown inFig. 3, s o that the device will occupy but a slight space and enablelarge numbers of them to be packed together. The knobs on the ends ofthe supporting-wire prevent the same punching holes in the hats orcoats, so that the rack does not in any way injure them. The device canbe ornamented in any desired way, and its advantages are thought to beobvious.O

Having thus described our invention,what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A hat and coat rack comprising a baseplate having a vertical opening anda wire passed through said opening and curved so as to bind against theside of the opening, the wire being bent forward above and below thebase-plate and the upper portion being bent upward, both ends of thewire being provided with knobs, as set forth.

InV testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. OWEN. JOHN R. ROBERTS.

litnessesz L. LANE, WILLIAM WIRT.

